Just re-enlisted for 6-months of "Aces High" combat after a 5-month absence. W00t!
I went through two updates, a bunch of terrain loads, plane cacheing, and whatnot, and selected a P-38J just for kicks (hey, it was new and I wanted to see what it was like). First mission was pretty simple, 75% fuel, max ammo, climb to 10k. First enemy con I find is above me - P-51D! He dove down on my hi 1 position and I tried to bring my nose around for a shot. He got me in the first pass because I forgot to get out of the way. I think his name was Bulzeye or something like that.
Next flight, shot down by a 109F at close quarters with his C205 wingie giving me fits. I think we went through 2 or 3 revolutions before the 109F got a shot on me and cut off my port wing.
That's when I began to wonder if the P-38J has combat flaps or not; had some trouble reading the dash board because its a new lay-out from what I'm used to, so I wasn't certain where the indicator light was. I learned the hard way that it doesn't have the 38L's excellent combat flaps.
After that I turned off tracers and got two kills (a bomber and a 190A in a tree-jumping chase), then I switched to the P-38L and had much better luck against fighters. Five month absence, one day back, and I'm batting .500.
Anyway, I like the moving control column and the new views out of the P-38 greenhouse. I think AH2 is running better for me now than it was when I left in October.
The P-38J isn't a half-bad ride but the P-38L is the better dogfighter.
Does the P-51 have a Malcolm Hood yet?
